He Turismo Carretera closed its classification this Saturday at the Toay racetrack, where Diego Ciantini delivered a great fast lap, dropped Mariano Werner and took pole position.. Diego Ciantini with Chevrolet took the first two points in dispute on the fourth date of the Road Tourism Championship and the first of the Special Races Tournament.
He The JP Carrera driver was the fastest in the classification that took place at the Pampas racetrack and reached his second pole position in 56 classifications in the category.. This is the first with the brand, since he had previously achieved it in 2021 in San Luis, with a Dodge.
This way, The driver from Balcarce gave Chevrolet the second consecutive pole -in Centenario it had been with Juan Cruz Benvenuti- after establishing a time of 1m13s629 at an average of 202.831 km/h, which allowed him to lower the circuit record by 0s496, which was in the possession of Mariano Werner (Ford) since November 2, 2019when he scored 1m14s125.
Ciantini, from JP Carrera, established the new circuit record.
Ciantini, who obtained his first victory in the TC on March 26 of last year fairly in Toay, This Sunday it will seek to end a streak of 11 dates without success for the brand. Meanwhile, Mariano Werner (Mustang) emerged as the best among new generation cars, as in the three previous rankings of 2024. On this occasion he placed second again, 0s236 behind the first Ciantini.
For its part, Agustín Martínez with Ford achieved his best result in classification since his debut in the TC by placing third in the classification. Then, Juan De Benedictis (Mustang) placed fourth in Toay, while Gastón Mazzacane (Chevrolet), another who had not been a protagonist so far in the championship, completed the top 5.
Very late with his Ford ranked 38th, Manu Urcera, leader of the contest, who did not have a good day.
